K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For May 15th, 2018 – Morning

THE NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A RECENT CASE OF VANDALISM AT CRIMSON DAWN PARK.

SGT. AARON SHATTO SAID MONDAY THAT SOME TIME BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND 3 P.M. FRIDAY, SOME PERSON OR PERSONS DAMAGED AN OUTHOUSE AND AN OUTBUILDING AT THE PARK, CAUSING MORE THAN $1,000 IN DAMAGE.

THE DOOR TO A RESTROOM WAS KNOCKED OFF ITS HINGES AND THE TOILET PAPER HOLDER WAS RIPPED OFF THE HALL.

LIKEWISE, THE DOOR ON THE OUTBUILDING WAS KICKED IN AND ONE WINDOW WAS BROKEN.

THE PARK WAS VANDALIZED TWICE LAST YEAR.

CRIMSON DAWN WAS FOUNDED BY MOUNTAIN RESIDENT AND ARTIST NEAL FORSLING WHO DONATED 96 ACRES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY.

ITS MAJOR EVENT IS THE ANNUAL SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION, DURING WHICH HUNDREDS OF VISITORS LISTEN TO STORYTELLERS SPIN TALES OF FOLKLORE OF MYTHICAL INHABITANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT, PLEASE CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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TWO CASPER RESIDENTS COULD EACH FACE SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES AFTER CASPER POLICE MADE A DRUG BUST AT AN APARTMENT AND ARRESTED THE PAIR LATE THURSDAY.

52-YEAR-OLD WILLIS W. WHEELER AND 45-YEAR-OLD TINA Y. KALKOFEN WERE EACH ARRESTED ON RECOMMENDED CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY TO DELIVER METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF METH WITH INTENT TO DELIVER, FELONY POSSESSION OF METH AND MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.

COURT DOCUMENTS SAY CASPER POLICE OFFICERS SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 1416 BU RLINGTON AVENUE AT ROUGHLY 11 P.M. THURSDAY. AFTER KNOCKING SEVERAL TIMES AND RECEIVING NO RESPONSE, OFFICERS USED A RAM TO HIT THE DOOR AND ENTER THE HOUSE.

POLICE FOUND METHAMPHETAMINE WEIGHING ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF AN OUNCE.

WHEELER DENIED EVER SELLING METH, THOUGH HE DID SAY HE WOULD GIVE SOME OF HIS METH TO LONGTIME FRIENDS AND KALKOFEN.

BUT KALKOFEN SAID THAT STARTING IN MID-MARCH SHE REDISTRIBUTED METH THAT SHE GOT FROM WHEELER TO ONE MAN ON AT LEAST 12 OCCASIONS. SHE ALSO ADMITTED SELLING METH TO HER DAUGHTER IN APRIL, ADDING THAT ALL THE METH SHE REDISTRIBUTED CAME FROM WHEELER.

KALKOFEN CLAIMED THAT SHE WOULD HELP WHEELER CUT, PACKAGE AND WEIGH THE METH EACH TIME HE WAS RESUPPLIED. SHE CLAIMED SHE SAW WHEELER SELL METH TO UNKNOWN PEOPLE ABOUT A MONTH PRIOR.

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CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP) - DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES, THE NUMBER OF BLOW-OVER CRASHES INVOLVING LIGHT AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES HAS INCREASED ON INTERSTATES 25 AND 80 OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS...

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CASPER, WYO. (AP) - A CASPER POLICE OFFICER WOUNDED IN A SHOOTOUT IS NOW BREATHING ON HIS OWN AND CAN NOD AND SHAKE HIS HEAD IN RESPONSE TO YES OR NO QUESTIONS.

THE STAR-TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT DESPITE THE IMPROVEMENTS, CASPER POLICE CHIEF KEITH MCPHEETERS SAID MONDAY THAT JACOB CARLSON REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

CARLSON WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES IN THE MAY 6 GUNFIGHT WITH 38-YEAR-OLD DAVID WOLOSIN.

TWO OF THE BULLETS WERE AT LEAST PARTLY STOPPED BY CARLSON'S BULLETPROOF VEST. HE WAS ALSO STRUCK TWICE IN THE LEGS AND ONCE IN THE LOWER WAIST.

POLICE SHOT AND KILLED WOLOSIN DURING THE INCIDENT. ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE GUNFIGHT WAS NOT INJURED.